Supreme Facilities Ltd
We, the undersigned, commit to honour the Armed Forces Covenant and support the Armed Forces Community. We recognise the value Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reservists, Veterans and military families contribute to our business and our country.
The Armed Forces Covenant
An enduring covenant between the people of the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Government and all those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces of the Crown and their families
The first duty of Government is the defence of the realm. Our Armed Forces fulfil that responsibility on behalf of the Government, sacrificing some civilian freedoms, facing danger and, sometimes, suffering serious injury or death as a result of their duty. Families also play a vital role in supporting the operational effectiveness of our Armed Forces. In return, the whole nation has a moral obligation to the members of the Naval Service, the Army and the Royal Air Force, together with their families. They deserve our respect and support, and fair treatment.
Those who serve in the Armed Forces, whether Regular or Reserve, those who have served in the past, and their families, should face no disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public and commercial services. Special consideration is appropriate in some cases, especially for those who have given most such as the injured and the bereaved.
This obligation involves the whole of society: it includes voluntary and charitable bodies, private organisations, and the actions of individuals in supporting the Armed Forces. Recognising those who have performed military duty unites the country and demonstrates the value of their contribution. This has no greater expression than in upholding this Covenant.
Section 1: Principles of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant
1.1 We Supreme Facilities Ltd will endeavour in our business dealings to uphold the key principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, which are:
- no member of the Armed Forces Community should face disadvantage in the provision of public and commercial services compared to any other citizen;
- and in some circumstances that special treatment may be appropriate especially for the injured or bereaved.
Section 2: Demonstrating our commitment
2.1 Supreme Facilities Ltd recognises the value serving personnel, reservists, veterans and military families bring to our business. We will seek to uphold the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, by pledging to the following:
- Armed Forces Friendly
- UK Service Veterans And Leavers
- UK Reservists
- Armed Forces Day
- Additional Leave For Reservists
We also pledge the following:
- We will appoint an Armed Forces Champion; someone who has served in the Armed Forces, to act as a point of contact for Veterans and Reservists and promote Our policies, related activities and events throughout the organisation.
- We will create and implement an Armed Forces policy to set out our intentions in supporting our members of the Armed Forces community.
- We will engage with the Career Transition Partnership to actively encourage Veterans and Reservists to consider career opportunities at Supreme.
- Our Armed Forces community will have access to e-learning to help them build on their existing skills and acquire new knowledge to develop in their role.
- We will promote the Armed Forces Covenant and our support for the Armed Forces community to our staff through our quarterly newsletter, and to our wider stakeholders through our social media channels.
- We will support Armed Forces day and Remembrance day through fundraising activities and internal & external communication channels.
- Our Veterans and Reservists will have access to an Employee Assistance Programme where they can reach out for support with their wellbeing.
2.2 We will publicise these commitments through our literature and/or on our website, setting out how we will seek to honour them and inviting feedback from the Service community and our customers on how we are doing.